Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-05-27
Two Hundred Lives Said TO Have Been
Lost In the Fire.

Lost In the Fire.
PARIS, May 26th.-The bodies of the
ballet dancers who lost their lives by the
burning OF the Opera Comique last night
are lying IN heaps in the ruins of the
| thedter. The number of persons killed
greatly exceeds the previous estimates.
An excited crowd surrounds the ruins.
which are guarded by military Gordon.
Twenty bodies, il q terribly mutilated
condition, have been recovered from the
ruins. The remains are principally those
OF ballet girls, choristers and machinists
/ The remains of three men and two wo-
| men were found in q stage box, where the
victims had taken refuge from the flames
1t is acertained that many bodies are buried
| in the upper galleries, where escape was
| exceedingly difficult The Government
| proposes to close several Paris theaters be-
| cause of their deficiency in exit
Late this afternoon the bodies of eighteen
ladies in full dress were found lying to-
gether at the bottom of the staircase lead
| ing from the second story. These ladies'
| all had escorts to the theater, but no re-
| mains OF men were found near where the
women were burned to death
The walls of the theater began falling
| this morning, and search for bodies had to
be abandoned for the day. The library
attached to the theater was entirely de-
stroyed with its contents, including many
valuable scores. Six thousand costumes
were burned in the wardrobe.
LATER.-THE SEARCH RESUMED.
PARIS, May 26tt-P M-The work of
searching for bodies was resumed tonight,
and number more were exhumed The
official statement says that fifty bodies have
already been recovered.
Reyeilleon, speaking in the Chamber of
Deputies this afternoon, estimated that at
| least 200 persons lost their lives in the fire.
The Chamber voted a credit of 200 900
francs for the relief of the sufferers by the
| Opera Comique fire.
PERSONS MISSING.
PARIS, May 26th.-To-day 156 missing
persons have been inquired for by relatives
They are supposed to have persisted in the
| flames. The bottom of the theater is flooded
with water to depth OF five feet. Sixty
bodies have been found hoating in the
| water by firemen.
| NoTABLES WHO ESCAPED.
PARIS, May 26th.-Amopg the audience
at the Opera Comique last night were Cen
eral Boulanger, General Ssussier, General
| Tnibauedin, n. Goblet NJ Berthelot.
| All escaped uphurt.
| DEEDS OF VALoR, ETC.
An artist named Philippe performed
|
mounted ladder three times and saved
| three danseuses after they had been aban-
doned by the fremen.
In rue Pavart a sudden gust of wind
! cleared away the dense smoke, when q
woman and two men were seen standing
in an angle of the uppermost cornice. The
woman tried to jump, but the men pre-
vented her. When all were finally rescued
the woman was Taving maniac.
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dressing-room in the angle at the top of
the building. He says the wind kept the
flames off that part of the building but
river Of molten lead poured from the roof,
the course Of which he diverted with a
board to prevent the eight carrying down
the shaky floor.
The officials are endeavoring to under
rate the loss of life. The large number of
bodies found has alarmed the public.
The Theater Chateau DEu announces a
performance for the benefit of the sufferers
on Monday.